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This thread seems as good a place as any to ask. I have a Mercury account for a now defunct/non-existent company, but Mercury refused to close my account. Unf
by tristor 2y ago
This thread seems as good a place as any to ask. I have a Mercury account for a now defunct/non-existent company, but Mercury refused to close my account. Unfortunately that means I was exposed in this breach. What is the best way to get them to actually close my account? I no longer even have access to the account because it's tied to a domain and email that no longer exist. The business entity was shut down correctly, so it legally no longer exists. Should I just let this ride?
My original plan was just to ignore it, but thanks to this breach I guess I can't continue to ignore it.
- quesera 2y agoIf you can you re-register the domain and email address, that would be a convenient shortcut. But more generally, they will need business closure docs, including asset disposal. The defunct account will become property of the asset receiver(s). If there's enough money in the account to bother, hire a lawyer to remind them how things work. If there isn't enough money in the account, then you were right to ignore it in the first place. The damage from this leak was not (especially) predictable, but regardless it's done now, and won't get any worse.
- tristor 2y agoThere was like $17 in the account when I tried to close it, so I am completely unconcerned with the money. My bigger concern is that their lax security will result in someone trying to fraudulently transact with the account and somehow that will come back to bite me.